Registered charity · Totnes
Deaf Choices UK Limited
Deaf Choices UK Limited is a registered charity (number 279523) based in Totnes, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Christine Hardy since 2015. Latest income £274k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 6 trustees
- Income £274k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.deafchoicesuk.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Deaf Choices UK Limited
- Registered
- 1980
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£274k£271k
- 2024£328k£308k
- 2023£346k£360k
Earlier years
- 2022£287k£273k
- 2021£275k£287k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE DEVELOPMENT, STANDARDISATION, PROPAGATION, DISSEMINATION, TEACHING AND USE OF CUED SPEECH AS DESIGNED AND CONCEIVED BY DR ORIN CORNETT TO ENABLE THE DEAF AND HEARING IMPAIRED PEOPLE TO LEARN NOT ONLY LIP-READING IN ANY LANGUAGE BUT ALSO THE PARTICULAR LANGUAGE ITSELF. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION).
Grants received
32 grants · £1,393,774 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £531,636 (8 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £346,300 (3 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £229,816 (7 grants)
- The Aim Foundation · £100,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £90,000 (3 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
6 trustees on the board
- Christine Hardy Chair since 2015
- Dr Kristopher Thomas Lovell since 2026
- Ellen Munday since 2026
- Kenneth George Orpin
- Peter Gordon Bowman since 2018
- Sarah Celine Elumba-Hill since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Christine Hardy Chair since 2015
- Peter Gordon Bowman since 2018
- Sarah Celine Elumba-Hill since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Dr Kristopher Thomas Lovell since 2026
- Ellen Munday since 2026
- Kenneth George Orpin
- Peter Gordon Bowman since 2018
- Sarah Celine Elumba-Hill since 2018
Portfolio (1)
- Christine Hardy Chair since 2015
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 279523
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 7TH FEBRUARY 1980 AS AMENDED SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 10 JUNE 2000 & 28 SEPTEMBER 2002.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17 OCT 2017 as amended on 06 Dec 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 01477997 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01803712853 · info@deafchoicesuk.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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